What's the Difference between Jumanji the Book and Jumanji the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Judy Shepherd
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Judy Shepherd
Portrayed by: Kirsten Dunst
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This Character does not appear.
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Alan Parrish
Portrayed by: Robin Williams
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This Character does not appear.
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Sarah Wittle
Portrayed by: Bonnie Hunt
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Peter Shepherd
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Peter Shepherd
Portrayed by: Bradley Pierce
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This Character does not appear.
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Van Pelt
Portrayed by: Jonathan Hyde
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This Character does not appear.
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Sam Parrish
Portrayed by: Jonathan Hyde
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| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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They find the game in the park |
They find the game in the attic of the house. |
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Peter has dark hair and wear glasses. |
Peter don't wear glasses, and looks different, than the book version.
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Alan, who been trapped in the game since he was a child don't appear. |
Alan does appear. |
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The book ends with Daniel and Walter who finds the game again in the park and is running with it. |
These characters don't appear
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Judy and Peter Shepherd play the game while their parents are out. |
Their parents were killed in a skiing accident and they live with their aunt. |
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Judy and Peter lock the lion in their mother's bedroom. |
Alan locks the lion in a bedroom.
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The kids take the game back to the park where they found it. |
The game transports Alan and Sarah back to 1969 when they first played. They chain the game up and throw it into a river. |
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The game is found two neigborhood kids, Danny and Walter. |
The game is found by a couple of French kids buried in the sand.
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The game takes place onlyin the Shepherd's house. |
The game spills out into the streets. |